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Home My WebLink About2019-11-08 Malissa BarnardChris Johnson From: Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1 @msn.com> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 12:29 AM To: Meridian City Clerk Cc: Mike and Malissa Bernard; Frank Marcos; Sandi King; Paul Miller Subject: Delano Subdivision AZ, CPAM, PP H-2019-0107 Public Comments/forward to Council and Mayor Attachments: NOV 7 FINAL Mayor and City Council Alpine Pointe, DevCo Delano Presentation November 12 2019, with Garey Slides attached for Council Review.pdf Hello! I hope this finds everyone at the City Clerk's office very well and happy! Would you please attach this to the Delano Subdivision AZ, CPAM, PP H-2019-0107 Public Comments and forward to the Mayor and to the City Council? If the PDF doesn't translate well, please let me know and I can send it another way. I realize the Council may be studying the application materials over the weekend, and I hoped to get this in their packet materials by then. I will also give testimony on the 12th of November. Also included are Sherry Garey' s slides relating to her letter at the end, for the Mayor's and Council's convenience. I will also be submitting a separate exhibit to the Mayor, Council, and to the City Attorneys on November 12th. Should I be absent on Nov 12th, someone else will be submitting the copies of the exhibit for the Alpine Pointe HOA (all HOA officers have a copy). Thank you in advance! I appreciate everyone in the Clerk's office... Chris, Charlene, and Barbara (both of them)! Take care, and have a great weekend! Sincerely, Malissa Bernard 208.362.3295 Attn: City of Meridian, City Clerk for Distribution to the Mayor and City Council for Review by Malissa Bernard, Alpine Pointe HOA, Community Outreach, Chair DevCo Delano Proposal, recommended for Denial -unanimously-by P and Z Commissioners on July 18, 2019 f -211 HOMES @ < 3 HOMES PER ACRE -APPROX. 90 -ACRES RESIDENTIAL - EST. $100 MILLION IN VALUE, JUST IN HOME VALUES... NOT COMMON LOTS, AMENITIES, OR OTHERIMPROVEMENTS • 241 Residents signed a letter stating we are against this application in its current form, filed with the City Clerk. That still stands. • Over 73 items of written testimony submitted as of 7 Nov 2019 via City Clerk, many offering solutions • Much higher than average attendance at hearings and meetings by Alpine Pointe residents. We call. We write. We show up. • We chose our homes carefully and in good faith. The City and ACH D hadn't signed properly for Dashwood PI or for the future collector. ACHD did not reveal the full collector plan online until 2018 re. Master Street Map materials • Our neighbors care for one another, and our homes are our havens. ��pre�_ oinrte IS OVER -CONNECTED! Current ingress/egress 6 Note: thoughtful planning for Madison Park/A. Pointe lessens impact upon that connected neighborhood F cut-throughand patterns via Alpine Future/pending ingress/egress 3 All N/S, and very close together Future commercial collector traffic Future Troxel/Wingate light and Conley/Rogue River Connection E l traffic from schools at d and Locust, and the Champion Park entry Settlers Park Cut -through Locust Grove -Alpine Pointe -Eagle Rd, EDW, WEE hvlaverik% FUtUre 5 Mile /11 14h1lz Raw4 St s E McMillan Rd E MrMrll— d t? .d w E McMlllaci Rd a Settlers Bridg AsIdey Mzi cr Older low density Rural neighborhood—Locust Grove connection solely peg�0 e Eleme ry School N...Technical Schools Nh School Summerfield IG E as ,"I` A 8 f DELANO w:ffi E 6mwa SY I F Champion Park i 4 -plex Meddle School IKefraeYt M—I L McMill— Rd W McM111- W �,?rslrrrr-cis AlhertSons Madison Parkil Idaho State Oqu W R—hest 3] Q MoUfe Plasma Se—ces Q am Brickyard Commercial /1 Lowe T Improw CUSta Vida Idaho Central Md p d to x^_01? LIr F. Traffic Patterns Here are the current, proposed, and possible future traffic patterns that this area may experience. The potential of a vital ingress/egress that extended Jasmine Street could provide to alleviate traffic burdens, especially when the Wong, Hedrick, and Enzler parcels are developed. Legend possible Enzler parcel layout Royal = Delano Red = Future Commercial Collector Green = Jasmine St. (former Jasmine Ln) could be extended east onto Cook's Centrepointe Way N to S 1. u:q�-; -s-,, = Fast Eddy's/Brickyard future road (currently stubbed, in Meridian documents.) = Existing Jasmine Ln/Eagle =Existing Centrepoint Way flow to light from Eagle to Centrepoint to Ustick ALPINE POINTE ice► _ , - n .r Enzler a CHAMPION P RK Bollinger WW °� _ e01, `b� �- �, 10 `� r •�I Hedrick � �> Cook . +yam To. a° srk!yard Fast .,,. S Eddy''S 4 There have been 3 neighborhood meetings with DevCo, and all requests for plan modification and reduction in traffic impacts have been ignored and dismissed. A 4th meeting was held for the City of Boise City Council (Sept 2019), where DevCo reiterated that they were not going to change traffic patterns, the gate location, or any of the density of the project. The directive to work with the neighbors by P and Z Commission motion has not been satisfied. JAIL 'z4 cEnkrP1in1r DELANO SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PIAT MERIDIAN, IDAHO _.• THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THIS UNIQUE INFILL SITUATION, EITHER IN DENSITY OR TRAFFIC PATTERNS. 5 ��71Y1e --0r R-4 zone, 2.76 homes per acre // ��J`�'�"� smallest lot on Dashwood is 12200 sf SOLTERRA - 3 0 Homes would fit on Dashwood's 8 deeded lots Where to park in front of homes on these skinny lots? Notice on garbage day there is no room to park on either side. Driveways would be blocked, on any given day. 0 Alternate plans have been submitted to ACHD, City of Meridian, and presented to DevCo verbally and on paper... other possible concepts exist and are feasible. This plan connects Dashwood, has an Emergency Lane for MFD or MPD. It reduces density north, and our traffic burden from Delano is cut by 8o%. DevCo has divided neighborhoods before, via a "Village" model concept. (East Ridge, Movado) Park location is safer for children to play No cut -through traffic for either Alpine Pointe or Delano, and the access for Private Jasmine Ln portion of the adjacent western Enzler estate parcel is intact. N PA5HN*0D pL- f� " i z p 3 5r4 7- ac i to f -G1/{:- Cpmmcrcr'.1 I Geo N;F1c� - s - f OL ti' / Y �i;, 17 . !c �s !�.., ra r� r� ►n 4 e � � s �, k � z � 17EL--.fi N` D � Er1 r�NC� 2 LU JASM im L s'C — _ I J/iSMrnlE s ALTERNATE PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO ACHD, CITY OF MERIDIAN, AND PRESENTED TO DEVCO. THIS ONE REDUCES ALPINE POINTE'S TRAFFIC BURDEN BY 8o% AND ELIMINATES CUT -THROUGH TRAFFIC FOR BOTH DELANO AND ALPINE POINTE. DENSITY TRANSITION IS MUCH MORE COMPATIBLE, AND PEDESTRIAN/BIKE PATH AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRAFFIC NEEDS ARE MET. OTHER PLANS CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION. 7 VI eSrnapflrc� � iw ns, J- cur A, 4 �_zfQ , 1 � � ' I JASM im L s'C — _ I J/iSMrnlE s ALTERNATE PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO ACHD, CITY OF MERIDIAN, AND PRESENTED TO DEVCO. THIS ONE REDUCES ALPINE POINTE'S TRAFFIC BURDEN BY 8o% AND ELIMINATES CUT -THROUGH TRAFFIC FOR BOTH DELANO AND ALPINE POINTE. DENSITY TRANSITION IS MUCH MORE COMPATIBLE, AND PEDESTRIAN/BIKE PATH AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRAFFIC NEEDS ARE MET. OTHER PLANS CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION. 7 � eSrnapflrc� � iw ns, J- cur A, �_zfQ u JASM im L s'C — _ I J/iSMrnlE s ALTERNATE PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO ACHD, CITY OF MERIDIAN, AND PRESENTED TO DEVCO. THIS ONE REDUCES ALPINE POINTE'S TRAFFIC BURDEN BY 8o% AND ELIMINATES CUT -THROUGH TRAFFIC FOR BOTH DELANO AND ALPINE POINTE. DENSITY TRANSITION IS MUCH MORE COMPATIBLE, AND PEDESTRIAN/BIKE PATH AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRAFFIC NEEDS ARE MET. OTHER PLANS CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION. 7 ALTERNATE PLAN AND BENEFITS • Emergency Lane (Bike/Pedestrian) at Dashwood with Bollards. No cut -through traffic for either Delano or Alpine Pointe subdivisions. Same to -year ACHD moratorium for Dashwood until Centrepoint is connected. • Traffic is routed via a collector street made to handle higher vehicle loads, not via an existing R-4 neighborhood... Centrepoint will not be nearing threshold!! • Jasmine St is extended to be utilized for future flow. • Single story density is lower to the North, more harmonious to Alpine Pointe neighbors. • Park can go where developer wants it • Construction lane potentials at two SE options (Kern or Jasmine). Larger lots to the north (6000 -6500 SF lot size), single stories N DASFIWOOD PL ..,� I Emergency lane, pedestrian, bike with bollards, not a gate �yily��iti�■]��i mow. �.ww■�rr�i�i�w�� -- E KERN STREET -- I li $5 iF ii ---- 4SMINE STREET ?? OEVELCNEA CIVIL €NGINE{0. SLRV€VOp Main Entrance M JASMINE STREET Extended to stubs at Our traffic burden will significantly increase when the Commercial Collector and Conley/Rogue River connections are made. This reduces i000 VTD out of Alpine Pointe, by moving the gate/emergency to Dashwood DEVCO SAID TO P & Z COMMISSIONERS THIS PROJECT WITH DELANO APTS ALONE WOULD HAVE PUT CENTREPOINT NEAR THRESHOLD CAPACITY AND THE DELANO SFR WAS NOT ADDED IN TO THIS TOTAL. THE TWO FACTORS OF THIS PROJECT AND THE TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR THRESHOLD... IN FACT IT WILL BE AT 55%, FULLY BUILT OUT. THE CENTREPOINT COLLECTOR ENTRY WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FULLY FOR DELANO SFR AND APARTMENTS, WITHOUT A DASHWOOD ENTRY. YES, ACHD DID ACCEPTTHIS PP APPLICATION, BUT OTHER ROAD CONFIGURATIONS IN ANOTHER PRELIMINARY PLAT PLAN WOULD MEET AND BE CONSISTENT WITH ACHD POLICIES ---WE ARE ASKING FOR LAND USE MODIFICATIONS AND ROAD CONFIGURATION CHANGES, AND/OR GATE RELOCATION TO DASHWOOD. CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO STATE WHERE THE ACCESS GATE GOES... IT IS WITHIN THE CITY'S PURVIEW AND CONTROL ON GATES. INTERCONNECTIVITY CAN BE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN AS WELL. THE CITY & ACHD DID THIS BEFORE, AN EXAMPLE IS THE CUL-DE-SAC IN THREE CORNERS RANCH PLAN, FROM VIENNA WOODS (DVORAK) AT THE NORTH... THIS WAS DONE TO PREVENT OVER - CONNECTIVITY... DVORAK WAS A STUB ROAD. HTTP;//WEBLINK.N, ".DIANCITY.ORG/WEBLINK8fDOCVIEW ASPX?D 31D=o&ID=167933&PAGE_=1&, PAGE 12 OF 22 From ACHD RECENT CORRESPONDENCE: "On May 22, 2019, the Ada County Highway District Commission reviewed and approved the preliminary plat application Delano Subdivision. Since ACHD's approval of the project neighboring property owners have raised concerns regarding the level of service of Centrepoint Way and the connectivity of public streets. Both of these issues are addressed in ACHD's staff report (Table z, pg. z and pg. 6), however, to avoid confusion the following clarifications are provided. Level of Service — Centerpointe Way: There has been some confusion regarding the current and future level of service for Centerpointe Way. As reported in Table z, of the staff report, Centerpointe Way currently operates at an acceptable level of service, with 139 vehicle trips in the PM peak hour at 30% of its available capacity. At buildout of the Delano Subdivision and the Brickyard Subdivision, located to the south, Centrepoint Way is still anticipated to operate at an acceptable level of service with 233 vehicle trips in the PM peak hour; the roadway will be at 55% of its available capacity. Centerpointe Way is not anticipated to exceed ACHD's acceptable level of service planning threshold. Public Street Connectivity: ACHD and the City of Meridian both have policies requiring the extension of stub streets and interconnectivity between subdivisions. The preliminary plat application approved by ACHD, provides public street connectivity consistent with ACHD policies. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (208) 387-6335• Sincerely, Austin Miller, Planner II, Development Services" PLEASE DENY THIS DELANO APPLICATION --P & Z COMMISSION recommended this for DENIAL, and the directive in the motion to work with neighbors was ignored. DevCo has always had the room and capability to modify... we do not. This plan is on mere PAPER... we are invested as residents of Meridian. The latest neighborhood update meeting was for the City of Boise requirement, and did not fit Meridian's requirement to work with the neighbors. (26 Sept 2019). The developer has refused to modify density, roads, entrance gate, and/or traffic patterns. --PLANS ARE PIECED TOGETHER USING "BEST USE" engineering software, not a "BEST FIT" common sense approach overall for surrounding neighborhoods. Modify this plan or start over. Infill neighborhoods should be planned with great care. DELANO is not harmonious to our existing neighborhood. --DENSITY IS NOT COMPLEMENTARY TO ALPINE POINTE'S R-4. Consider two separate components of lower density north, and higher density south. In fact, 30 DELANO HOMES WOULD FIT INTO DASHWOOD'S 8 PARCELS!! 3o homes!! (our combined loo,000 sf of 8 parcels vs. 3o Delano homes with 32x105 foot lots) -STREETS ARE TOO SKINNY. Increase width for resident parking on both sides of the street. There is not enough parking on one side of the street to support two sides of homes with limited front -yard parking space. Snow plows will not be able to clear these roads. Parking options far south on Jasmine and along the park is not the answer. I believe this is a hazard for traffic, emergencies, and residents will not park faraway from their homes... the space to park is not adequate. --LOTS ARE TOO NARROW. Increase to 35-40 foot min. lot width. 4000 SF lot minimum, please, for the R-15 portion, like Oberg. 6000 SF min R-8 for lots adjacent to Alpine Pointe. Oberg is 25 homes on 4.79 acres. Applied to these parcels with lower density north, Bollinger's Delano would be 50-55 homes, and Cook's zi homes, for 71-76 total homes, not 181 units. --STINGY on USABLE GREEN SPACE for residents. Half of the roughly 11% of green space is rendered largely unusable for Delano residents. I am wondering how an alternative compliance was granted for this project. --This area is already poised to be high -density -residence heavy south of Wainwright and east of Champion Park. Designate R-15 for the Cook apartment pad. Still MU -R acceptable, while lessening potential density (we already have the Brickyard and the 8o unit 4-plexes in close proximity). --DASHWOOD PLACE = HEAVY CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC. Construction and trades to the south entry only... please, do not use Alpine Pointe streets. Incorporate this stipulation into the DA. DevCo is non -committal re. our request for construction traffic plan. The arguments to use Dashwood as the entry are baseless. 10 • Modification and alteration should be implemented before the first shovel hits the dirt. Alpine Pointe --- specifically Dashwood PI and Wainwright ---needn't bear the weight of POOR PLANNING merely because it was the latest neighborhood, completed in approximately 2015. With its over -connection, Alpine Pointe streets are poised to become the de facto HEAVY USE residential and commercial collectors for the majority of this City square mile, not to mention the cut -through of choice for many. • City plans are relying far too heavily on Alpine Pointe to disproportionately carry traffic E/W and N/S, mostly by front -facing yards. Furthermore, the area for the Commercial Collector was never signed (it is currently a landscaped grassy buffer strip between commercial/residential), and its future purpose isn't revealed on the 2o16 MSM ACHD map search, and isn't fully revealed until 2018 on ACRD MSM Map search online. • We chose and bought our homes in good faith based on the signage and information readily available. It would take weeks of online research and many phone calls to find all Meridian City, Boise City, ACHD, and County information re. future plans for established Alpine Pointe. • Connectivity for vehicle traffic will occur at Centrepoint Way/Wainwright Commercial Collector and at the Rogue River/Conley connection. Connectivity at Dashwood could be limited by the number of homes to the north with an emergency lane, or simply via a bike/pedestrian/emergency access point only at Dashwood; this simple modification would reduce trips by 850-1000 VTD through Alpine Pointe. ,spine Tanrte THANK YOU! Alpine Pointe Neighbors 11 THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE AN ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION BY ALPINE POINTE RESIDENT SHERRY GAREY THE SLIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET TO ILLUSTRATE THE APPEARANCE OF DASHWOOD CUL-DE-SAC AND THE CURRENT APPEARANCE OF THE CENTREPOINT COLLECTOR EASEMENT. ALSO INCLUDED ARE SUPPORTIVE ACHD DOCUMENTS NOT SHOWING CENTREPOINT WAY/WAINWRIGHT COLLECTOR CONNECTION INTENTIONS UNTIL MASTER STREET MAP AMENDMENT, WHICH OCCURRED IN 2018. ATTACHMENT A WAINWRIGHT & EAGLE LIGHT AREA, WEST NORTHEAST MERIDIAN, IDAHO NOTE: THE ENZLER LAYOUT IS A CONCEPT. THIS PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED BY A DEVELOPER. JASMINE ST IS TO END AT CENTREPOINT, BUT COULD BE CONTINUED EAST FOR BETTER FLOW WHICH IS SEEMINGLY NEEDED IN THIS AREA. THE GREEN DASHED LINE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR VITAL EAST -WEST INGRESS/EGRESS THE HEDRICK PARCEL HAS BEEN ON THE MARKET AT LEAST TWO YEARS. (MODIFIED BY M. BERNARD, 11/7) ATTACHMENT A, Garey letter, Delano r IN E P01 NTF Al.. •.J r- w Wong Cook Hedrick r F Fa ast CHAMPION ■ ■ i ■ Brickyard Eddy's ATTACHMENT B THE BOLLINGER PARCEL HAS A LOT OF RVS, AND A PRESUMED DEVELOPER AGREEMENT ACCESS POINT FOR THESE RVS AND LOT HAD BEEN ASSUMED SINCE THERE WAS NOT AN ACHD-MANDATED STREET SIGN LIKE OTHER STUB STREETS. THIS DEAD-END STREET WAS ALSO ASSUMED TO BE A TURN -AROUND FOR CONSTRUCTION IN PHASE TWO SINCE ALL THE STREETS WERE NOT COMPLETE AT ONCE, NOT UNLIKE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS DONE IN PHASES WITH SIMILAR TURN-AROUNDS. ATTACHMENT B, Garey letter, Delano Jr ATTACHMENT C GAREY LETTER, DELANO ALL OTHER STUB STREETS IN ALPINE POINTE WERE SIGNED EXCEPT FOR N DASHWOOD PL. MOST THOUGHT IT WAS A DEVELOPER -AGREED TURN -AROUND IN 2011, OR AN ACCESS POINT FOR A GATE FOR BOLLINGER FOR RV'S. NEIGHBORS WILL SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT-- IF REQUESTED-- SAYING DASHWOOD WAS NEVER SIGNED i N DASHWOOD PL SEPT 2016, GOOGLE STREET VIEW NO SIGNS STATING "THIS ROAD IS TO BE CONTINUED" THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SIGN WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE HIT AND NEARLY HIT THIS FENCE IN THE PAST ... ON FOGGY DAYS IT IS HARD TO SEE. MANY THOUGHT THIS WAS A RED AND WHITE WARNING TO VEHICLES THAT THIS WAS NOT A THRU-STREET AND CAUTION RE. A FENCE IN THE TURNAROUND ATTACHMENT, Garey Letter, Delano scovery school tt,.. ''oy� r iM1i Wi (( 0/ LY� You ng America Early Care & Edu m W Eagle View Ln a Tree City Church M p data x2019 T a �j qve g4 45 �tt�7 E`�a'� ''oy� r iM1i Wi (( 0/ LY� You ng America Early Care & Edu m W Eagle View Ln a Tree City Church M p data x2019 T FES Ate" r-- -I%;.0 111 1111 -N Dashwood PI was created as a stub street to the Bollinger parcel in 2005 by the City of Meridian because the parcel was considered "landlocked" --verifiable via City of Meridian documents, since Jasmine is currently a Private Street. Dashwood was originally planned to be a closed cul-de-sac, like Brooksburg to the East. -Being "'landlocked" is not the case today with the addition of Centrepoint Way (N/S) and Jasmine going to a partial public street. Centrepoint Way is a stub for a collector designed for heavier traffic -Dashwood has never had a sign for future extension unlike other Alpine Pointe stubs had posted. (verifiable via Google Street View 2011) -There is no sign at Centrepoint Collector... it is a landscaped grassy wide strip behind Brooksburg by the Commercial pads 0 ATTACHMENT Garey letter, Delano Boise Downtown g. USTIC�K RD AV E Ada County Master Street Map M Amended reteeary 24; 2916 ounlY nymsY ol3Nci1-1 ereMea MI M11-11 'Y MW In sMlaVxallon xiN Wa Cowry— lu ux cllles ro bHler Ilnk b -q. MC.—I...a Is ngw ume FAIRVIEW Ai'mUryoE��,b,r ACHD MSM 2016 Note: the Salmon Pink lines (solid or dashed) or Solid Red represent Commercial Collectors. You will note there is no connection represented from Centrepoint to Wainwright ---present or proposed... how is a citizen to know there is a PLANNED COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR behind their home or within proximity of their neighborhood? wsr� Crrlltcwrs Carnrrlerclel Industrial Resonential Town Center Traditional Ne,gntearhood Aural C d ieeicr{N a typ me gy desagrertted F PrapDsed Commercial— Proposed Industrial" Pa*xised Residential-- - Proposed Town Center" Pa*xmed TradiUmal'Neightrorhoad— Pa*r *sed Rwall•" Proposed Caaector(No typology Des*7mied)"' Readution 2227 - "EuhM K ATTACHMENT Garey Letter, Delano � CHINDEN BLVD II AI PINE�F. AVE MOORE RANKLIN ,1r7 Ada County MMIM Street Map L IN IS 1=1MI AVE I ACHD MSM 2018 and Blueprint Boise Map showing Centrepoint. ACHD showing future Wainwright/Centrepoint Connection, but not until 2018 map amendment -_P- ATTACHMENT Garey Letter, Delano � CHINDEN BLVD II AI PINE�F. AVE MOORE RANKLIN ,1r7 Ada County MMIM Street Map L IN IS 1=1MI AVE I ACHD MSM 2018 and Blueprint Boise Map showing Centrepoint. ACHD showing future Wainwright/Centrepoint Connection, but not until 2018 map amendment • Site of the future Centrepoint Commercial Collector, south of Wainwright, east of Brooksburg Cul-de-sac • No signage by ACHD or the City of Meridian. This ACHD easement purpose is not apparent, being fully -landscaped with grass and trees, with utility boxes and no curb cut-out or stub section to indicate this is anything but a landscape buffer between commercial and residential ATTACHMENT, Garey letter, Delano E01.h ,4M Dr WWadenrny Dl � 1h E � Young America 10 Early Care & Edu Nourse-Lateral 21